Azure Sentinel Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 85 88
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.41% 0.59% 0.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.99% 1.67% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £493 £400 -
25th Percentile £543 £438 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +1.29%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £575
90th Percentile - £640 -
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +1.29%

All Cloud Skills
Reading

Azure Sentinel falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 302 360 357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 41.43% 35.29% 34.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 229 267
10th Percentile £273 £382 £423
25th Percentile £419 £481 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £664 £670 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -13.72% +3.68% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 1
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.08 -
25th Percentile £21.00 £28.31 £16.84
Median hourly rate £81.00 £35.75 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year +126.57% +106.17% -67.28%
75th Percentile £95.00 £48.06 £17.84
90th Percentile £101.10 £58.06 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.72 £42.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +35.81% -32.54% +186.36%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Sentinel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in Reading

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure Sentinel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in Reading over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in Reading

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) LogRhythm
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Tenable